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How many times is Arsenal's budget lower than Zenit's? How many private clubs are there in the RFPL? How much will they spend in the new season? "Sokker.ru" finds the answers!
The total budget of the RFPL teams for the new season is estimated at 49 billion rubles or 726 million euros. So over five years, even if current budgets are maintained, expenses will amount to around 3.6 billion euros– almost a billion more than the annual budget of Armenia for 2017. But who sponsors such expendable Russian football clubs - private companies or the state? Let's follow the financial trail and find out.
16th place. "SKA-Khabarovsk"
Budget: 400 million rubles.*
Sponsors: Khabarovsk Territory (state budget), BC "Leon" (title sponsor).
We start with a state club with growing expenses. In the FNL they lived for 200 million rubles a year (actively increasing debts, of course), and after entering the RFPL they rose, so one can roughly estimate their new capabilities at 400 million rubles. This is mainly the regional budget, although in the summer SKA-Khabarovsk boasted of signing a title sponsor - BC Leon.
But approximately six million euros is not a lot of money for a top division club. As well as 400 million rubles for the Khabarovsk Territory, where the total expenditure for 2017 is set at 92.5 billion rubles. There is just one “but” - the budget deficit is 10.3 billion rubles. Roughly speaking, 4% of the amount of future debts of Khabarovskedges make up spending on football. On average we receive 300 rubles per resident of the region - SKA-Khabarovsk must earn 400 million to justify its existence.
15th place. "Tosno"
Budget: 540-600 million rubles.
Sponsor: Fort Group (private company).
“Tosno” is one of the poorest teams in the RFPL. To find money, they even thought of renaming the club. They didn’t rule out the stupid name “Alexander Nevsky” - “wow, wow!” But expenses growing every season (started at 75 million) do not affect the state budget. A club with a private sponsor, and the company rents premises. However, there is a funny nuance.
One of the patrons called Zenit a “snobbish club,” inviting St. Petersburg residents to root for Tosno. And his business partner is a former manager of a Gazprom subsidiary. Pluralism of opinions is encouraged, because even The owners assessed the club's budget in the FNL differently. One said 400, the second - 500. The RFPL dreamed of 1 billion rubles for the season, but rather the expenses are more modest - around 8-9 million euros.
14th place. "Anji"
Budget: 600 million rubles.
Sponsors: personal funds of Kerimov and Kadiev, Flodinal Limited (Cyprus), Deneb, Arsi-Group (private companies).
They play in T-shirts without a title sponsor, and one of the recent assistants is registered in Cyprus under the name of a young lady whose full namesake is an ordinary teacher from Dagestan. The second sponsor is a mineral water manufacturer. The third is a construction company. Simply put, Suleiman Kerimov was going to cover Anzhi, but he invited Osman Kadiev to get involved in the thankless task of saving the club. And he agreed.
Kadiev is a man with a rich biography. He earned his first millions in the USA; the FBI at one time considered him third on the list of Russian gangsters in America, although they could have been mistaken. The person is catchy, but the direction of funding is pleasing - they rely on private sponsors, they don’t milk the budget. Businessmen allocated their money, but there was less of it; they planned to reduce the club’s budget by 40% compared to last year.
13th place. "Amkar"
Budget: 870 million rubles.
Sponsors: Perm region, Perm (state budget) and the New Ground company.
Each resident of the Perm Territory needs to give 334 rubles in order to completely cover the Amkar budget. We know this because the Perm residents named the expenses - 870 million rubles (approximately 12.85 million euros). During the year, expenses increased by 70 million rubles. There is no money for newcomers, the stadium topic is “crude”, the search for a new general sponsor is “99% capacity”. But the owner of the New Ground construction company is always praised, but this is not the general sponsor.
Unfortunately, there is little reason to believe in the fairy tale “50% private - 50% public”, since large Perm assets have been seized by people from St. Petersburg and Moscow. And they don’t care about Amkar. Basically, the club is distributing accumulated debts, begging for new money from the state. At the same time, Amkar will be closed if there are no subsidies, because the record for earnings from paraphernalia and the like is 7 million rubles, and the club’s annual budget is 124 times higher. Even provincial clubs are not a cheap pleasure.
12th place. "Ural"
Budget: 900 million rubles.
Sponsors: Sverdlovsk region (state budget), Renova, TMK (private companies).
Only 300 million rubles out of 900 million are allocated from the regional treasury. The rest of the money comes from two very large enterprises. “Ural” can easily be turned into a serious fighter in the RFPL with such sponsors, but among the key figures in “Renov” and “Pipe Metallurgical Company” there is no second Grigory Ivanov.
On the other hand, if Ural is supported by companies with a billion-dollar turnover, then there is nothing to complain about. They can spend 15-18 million euros. And if they prove that Ural is capable of competing for high places instead of Rostov, perhaps they will get more. Ivanov did not complain about funding, but the club needs to think about attracting people - there are few fans.
11th place. "Ufa"
Budget: 1 billion rubles.
Sponsors: Republic of Bashkortostan (state budget).
Each resident of the republic conditionally “throws in” 250 rubles per year. So “Ufa” is a rich middle peasant, they should not fight for survival. But Gancharenko left, and Semak does not always beat the season favorites, like Lokomotiv yesterday. But the club spends money quite generously, and the summer rumor that 600 million rubles would be taken away in favor of the hockey team was not confirmed.
They just optimized the transfer budget - they cut it in half, they want to spend the saved money on children's football. Will we get 2.5 thousand Russian players brought up at the Ufa school? This is the evil plan. So far, Ufa is doing well, and the salaries in the team seem to be decent. After all, almost 15 million euros is not a penny, but half of the annual budget of Basel from the Champions League - CSKA's rival.
10th place. Arsenal (Tula)
Budget: 1.2 billion rubles.
Sponsors: Rostec, SPLAV, Rosneft, Gazprombank (state capital).
Arsenal and Zenit have a common sponsor, which did not stop the middle team from beating the St. Petersburg team, as they had previously beaten Spartak. In two years, the budget jumped from 320 million rubles almost fourfold. Where does the money come from? Alenichev's luggage. And the club’s curators are reliable. It turns out that a number of state-owned companies chipped in. There are 100 million here, 100 million here – that’s a billion a year.
Wherein approximately 600 million rubles go to salaries. Money for Arsenal is provided by manufacturers of missile systems and weapons, Rostec, Rosneft and even Gazprombank - the latter also helps Zenit. There are completely state-owned companies and structures where 50% and 1 share belong to Russia. Do Arsenal earn €17 million a year on the pitch? It is up to the taxpayers of the region and the country to judge how they live on their money.
9th place. "Dynamo"
Budget: 1.26 billion rubles.
Sponsors: VFSO "Dynamo" (public-state association) and VTB Bank (60.9% of shares are state-owned).
Muscovites were helped to survive by a state bank with a share of private capital of less than 40%, which at the end of last year received 51.6 billion in net profit. A the club now belongs to the public-state society "Dynamo". But while the court is sorting out their financial affairs, they are trying to get hold of those who previously spent a crazy 9 billion rubles a year, managing to scatter 70% on salaries. The salary of the very stars who later left for free.
But there were billions before. And now, in order to estimate Dynamo’s budget, we need to solve the riddle. It is stated that expenses have been reduced by 60% compared to the last season in the RFPL. At the same time, after the FNL, nothing was increased due to a reduction in spending on flights. At the same time, the club has approximately twice as much money as the RFPL outsiders - a statement by Strzhalkovsky, the new head of the Dynamo society. In total, we get approximately 18.6 million euros per year.
But without external obligations, because in a couple of years we paid off wild debts - from 120 to 300 million euros, according to various estimates. UEFA auditors alone counted 164 million, but this was not the entire amount. At the same time, in the summer, Dynamo General Director Muravyov boasted that there were no more large loans. But internal debts will appear - for bonuses, for example. Simply put, in the coming years they will live within their means, hoping for an increase in income after the opening of the new arena.
And before that, VTB representatives helped out. First, they bought 74.99% of the shares of FC Dynamo, and last year they transferred them to VFSO Dynamo for 1 ruble. Additionally, the bank will pay 430 million rubles for the rights to the name of the new arena, and VTB estimated its contribution to the budget for 2017 at approximately 10 million euros. But it was not specified where they were spent, on the team or on debt distribution? But money is tight, because there were a lot of Pogrebnyaks, and they themselves paid Ionov extra so that he would leave and not burden the budget.
8th place. "Rostov"
Budget: 1.7 billion rubles.
Sponsor: Rostov region (state budget).
Approximately 400 rubles per resident of the region per year. But since Rostov has debts, strange separations, and bonuses from UEFA, no one can tell you exactly what their budget is. Various amounts were mentioned - from 22 to 30 million euros. Starting from Yaroslavna’s cry about financial problems, we take into account how lucky the club is with the success of the first team in Europe - it should not perish.
For example, Rostov received 18.2 million euros from UEFA, at least two-thirds of the annual budget. We recruited a new team - we didn’t spend money, we saved money. They sold football players, again. In a word, less investments will be required from the Rostov region this time, although since none of the Russian billionaires acquired the Rostov club, it is better not to mention big successes for now. As well as about financial stability, because governors in Russia change at the drop of a hat.
7th place. "Akhmat"
Budget: 2 billion rubles.
Sponsor:“Foundation named after Akhmat Kadyrov” (public organization), holding company “Sat&Co” (Kazakhstan).
Terek has been a state club for a long time. Money was allocated to him on the way from Moscow to Grozny from the deceased state office, which was managed by Anatoly Chubais. That enterprise was engaged in energy, but it has not existed in nature for almost ten years. Where does the club get the money from then? Now “Akhmat” lives on donations.
The main sponsor is the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, a charitable organization that receives money from private entrepreneurs. Is there money in Akhmat’s expenses that people gave from their salaries? Unknown, but 30 million euros is a good donation. But the contribution to this amount from the Kazakh brother remains a mystery. But entrepreneur Rakishev is friendly with the honorary president of Akhmat, apparently, he also helps.
6th place. CSKA
Budget: 4.3-4.5 billion rubles.
Sponsors: Rosseti, Aeroflot, Russian Helicopters (state companies with private capital), CROC (IT industry) and ESA (fuel company).
The army team receives money, which is constantly in short supply, from both private sponsors and state companies. Giner himself estimates the annual budget at 4.3-4.5 billion rubles. And the club’s debts as a result of the construction of the arena, which brings in much less profit than planned, were estimated by UEFA at 224 million euros. The situation is not easy, because you need to stay afloat by paying off loans.
So it’s clear why CSKA doesn’t sign contracts even with free agents or those who can be taken from RFPL clubs for little money. Giner said last year that the club was close to breaking even, and when you spend zero euros on newbies, it’s easier to balance. After all, CSKA does not have royal sponsorship contracts, like Zenit. In addition, Muscovites themselves borrowed money for the stadium; they didn’t get it for 1 ruble.
Rosseti (60% state-owned company) gives the club good money - 820 million rubles. Initially they promised more, but then changed their minds. Aeroflot and Russian Helicopters (Rostec, only in profile) are also chipping in. It turns out that CSKA’s performances in the Champions League are also paid for by the state? Giner will say that there is only private money, but the companies are not entirely private. Therefore, rumors are spreading about the sale of CSKA to private wealthy hands. For example, the son of Roman Abramovich.
5th place. "Ruby"
Budget: 4.7 billion rubles.
Sponsor:"TAIF" (private group of companies).
The name of the general sponsor of Rubin stands for “Tatar-American Investments and Finance,” and the net annual profit is twenty times higher than the club needs. TAIF came under control in the summer. Consequently, Berdyev was returned and the budget was revised. Previously, Rubin spent an indecent amount, but now there are financial problems - since Jonatas was sold to Germany.
But even if they dropped from 100 million euros to 70 million, Rubin has more money than CSKA, and enough to build a team with an eye to a future return to European competition. While they play averagely, but they are a private club, they do not spend the budget of Tatarstan. They say that 7 billion rubles were wasted on Gracia’s project, but the current budget looks more decent. Moreover, it may even turn out to be slightly less than 4.7 billion euros. But not much less - the salaries at the club are large.
4th place. "Krasnodar"
Budget: 4.7-5 billion rubles.
Sponsors: TS "Magnit" and its suppliers (private companies), title sponsor - "Constell Group".
Everything here is simple and transparent. The budget of FC Krasnodar was not increased this year. And revenue is growing, according to the CEO. Last year they declared losses of 98.7 million rubles, but over two years revenue increased from 115 million rubles to 3.84 billion. Simply put, the “bulls” no longer want to deal with UEFA and their strange implementation of the idea of financial equality, of which there is no trace.
In general, Krasnodar’s expenses can be safely called smart and even thrifty. Firstly, Galitsky spends the money earned by his company, which eliminates the possibility of theft from the state and strange inflated expenses. Secondly, 70-80 million euros – this is how various sources estimated Krasnodar’s budget in recent years; it can even be called low for a high-level club. Thirdly, the Bulls grow as a club, even if the first team loses.
3rd place. "Locomotive"
Budget: 5.4 billion rubles.
Sponsors: JSC Russian Railways (state company).
Above Krasnodar - majors! And a state club. It turns out that each Russian Railways employee pays 6,467 rubles a year to support Lokomotiv? We hope that the company's employees did not divide the budget by the number of employees. After all, they spend on the club an amount commensurate with half the net profit of Russian Railways in 2016. It is not surprising that the instructions were not to increase football expenses, and Herkus began to look for third-party sponsors, which had not been done before.
Lokomotiv's current budget is four-fifths of Lazio's budget, for example. And Tarasov’s salary is higher than Immobile’s. The football players of the "railroad workers" have substantial salaries - Chorluka, Igor Denisov, Tarasov and Farfan receive in total much more per year than SKA-Khabarovsk or Amkar can spend. But Lokomotiv at least played successfully in the Russian Cup. And now he is beating the favorites in order to lose to those who are much poorer, like Ufa and Tosno. This is how they live – they earn millions and spend billions of public money.
2nd place. "Spartacus"
Budget: 8.1 billion rubles.
Sponsors: Lukoil (nominal holder of 61.8% shares - Bank of New York), IFD Kapital (private investment company).
About five years ago, the head of Lukoil said that foreigners owned half of the assets of the Russian company. It turns out that this oil “national heritage”, if it is a national property, is it American or Swiss? There are enough foreigners on the board of directors, but it’s definitely difficult to divide the assets, given the entry into the stock exchange. And a certain “Bank of New York” held a nominally controlling stake.
Is this the same bank through which 10 billion of the Russian people’s money was laundered at the turn of the century? There was a big scandal, trials in the USA. But for some reason Russian prosecutors dropped the case and settled for peace. However, this is so - a touch to the portrait, an old story, has nothing to do with Lukoil. The global giant can afford a lot, even sponsor a football club. AND Fedun spent crazy amounts of money on Spartak, and he has about 10% of Lukoil shares.
Exotic sponsors also help Spartak- a network marketing giant, or important - investment company "Kapital". Recently, Fedun complained that he was psychologically tired of spending so much money on football. And such an assessment is easy to decipher - IFD Kapital was included in the latest sanctions list. Spartak itself, according to rumors, has long been owned by a certain offshore company in glorious Cyprus, but any financial problems of a serious sponsor are a nuisance.
Fedun joked that people in Washington were rooting for CSKA, but in reality the “red-whites” partner suffered because of hotels in Crimea. It turns out that there are no guarantees that they will continue to spend 160 million euros a year on Spartak? Time will tell, but for Lukoil with revenue for the first quarter of this year at 1.4 trillion. rubles, such expenses are not unrealistic. Plus, Fedun’s own fortune, according to Forbes estimates, has increased over the year.
Even though Spartak is an extremely stupid project, it’s nice that they are not being fed directly from the budget. And to cover the annual expenses of the Russian champions, Lukoil needs to give only 4% of last year’s net profit. Muscovites receive a lot of money, but not all of it from one source - Spartak has dozens of sponsors. And revenue reaches 5 billion rubles. Better than other clubs, which even in theory cannot earn half a billion, or even three hundred million rubles a year.
1 place. "Zenith"
Budget: 10.8 billion rubles.
Sponsors: Gazprom and its subsidiaries are banks and oil producers (at least 50% owned by the state).
As soon as Zenit entered into a settlement agreement with UEFA after the fine, the unprofitable club suddenly became profitable. A miracle happened - the issued shares scattered like hot shawarma. And Gazprom Neft suddenly wanted to give Zenit a mountain of money. In total, the club has three dozen sponsors (even bakers and optics manufacturers), and foreign auditors for 2016 calculated income of 196.5 million euros.
Here, Gazprom’s money is often used in different ways, but Zenit’s patrons have to blur the structure of spending on the club. We also remember that they built a stadium for about 45 billion rubles and leased them for 49 years for 1 ruble - so the club does not have huge debts, like CSKA. Although in the income structure a measly 5% was obtained on match days (now the share will increase), and television rights were sold to another subsidiary of the sponsor.
Even if we take the calculations as loyally as possible, at least 200 million euros over 5 years, with differently set priorities, could go to the state treasury. If you count disloyally, 760 million euros of public money will come up. Plus, Krestovsky is a generous gift to Russia, because it’s difficult to call renting a 43-45 billion facility for 1 ruble profitable. But now Zenit, which has become financially successful, cannot be suspended from European competitions for violating UEFA laws.
It is also important to understand that you can always say that the club is spending strictly on the income of the private shareholders of the general sponsor, and not on the state’s share. Formally, you can't dig it. But it was no coincidence that UEFA fined Zenit. Until a tidy sum was added from the polluted air through the issue of shares, the club was unprofitable. And now it is profitable - it blooms and smells. But over the summer they spent 85 million euros on transfers, so it’s not a fact that the budget was not increased from the usual 160 million euros.
How many private and public clubs are there in the RFPL?
There are only five private clubs, and eleven sit on the necks of the budget or state companies with independent shareholders. And Zenit stands out. Over the course of a year, it spends 9 times more than Arsenal, 18 times more than Anzhi, and 27 times more than SKA-Khabarovsk. But I had problems on the field with all these teams. And CSKA was often higher than Zenit, although the army team’s budget was twice as modest. At the same time, their terrible expenses did not help Spartak, like many others, like Rubin. And if we sum up all the budgets, then we spread almost 50 billion rubles per season across the map of Russia, and there are approximately 20 billion from the treasury.
But Zenit really won’t earn 10 billion rubles without the help of a sponsor. Amkar will not be able to collect even a tenth of the 870 million rubles. And Lokomotiv, a club at the mercy of the state, will not pay off the players’ salaries on its own. The RFPL has been living for years, wasting the budgets of entire states. But if money doesn’t guarantee the quality of football, why don’t they optimize costs? No one is even looking for financial meaning in the existence of the RFPL, no plans, no audit. And the league’s annual budget is now 13 times lower than that of the participating clubs. “Spartak” spends 8 billion to get a bonus twenty times lower - they live brilliantly!
Which club receives the most money from sponsorship contracts? Do you think these are the teams that Ronaldo and Messi play for? But no. The first five are entirely English clubs, as strongholds of capitalism. And their sponsors are not from England at all, Liverpool is an exception.
Let's immediately clarify the situation, today we will talk about shirt sponsorship, that is, about those emblems that we all see on the T-shirts of football players. Companies such as Adidas and Nike belong to kit sponsorship, namely sponsors of football uniforms. But about them in the next article.
So, the biggest sponsorship contract went to the richest club in this universe, namely, Manchester United. The Mancunians signed a contract with the American giant General Motors and now Pogba and Ibrahimovic are running around with a huge Chevrolet emblem. For this pleasure, Americans pay 49 million pounds sterling per year (60.3 million euros), which when converted to our native rubles is almost 4.5 billion rubles. It is no coincidence that an American company became a sponsor of Manchester United. Let us remember that the owners of the club are the American Glazer family, which is actively attracting partners from the Western Hemisphere (one of the previous sponsors was the American insurance company AIG). By the way, the deal assumes that football players are required to travel to work, i.e. to train only in Chevrolet cars, which the company kindly provided them free of charge. Rooney and the company received a Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro, but despite this, the English press actively discussed the reluctance of football players to switch to these cars instead of their favorite Porsche and Bentley.
In the photo below, De Gea takes Juan Mata to training:
photo: Nigel Bennett
The second most profitable contract is in your pocket Chelsea and Manchester City. Londoners receive £40 million (€49 million) annually from Japan's Yokohama Tires for the opportunity to write Chelsea FC on their tyres. But the Japanese have not done this yet, since I have never found tires with brand engraving on the Internet, there is only a mock-up of how they should look.
But in Manchester City the sponsors, as one would expect, are from the UAE in the person of Etihad Airways. As you probably know, the City belongs to 46-year-old Sheikh Mansour, a member of the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. If you want to support your favorite team and fly with this airline, then keep in mind that from Moscow to Abu Dhabi in economy class a ticket will cost about 21 thousand rubles one way, business class Flex will cost a little more and amount to 100 thousand rubles (for this you will be provided with a personal driver). Unfortunately, there is no flight Moscow – Manchester). Well, for the sophisticated, Etihad Airways has an absolutely cosmic super-mega class - The Residence, where you will drink shamanic from glasses from Vera Wang, eat a gourmet kitchen from Bernardaud porcelain dishes and sleep on a double bed covered with Italian pastels Pratezi of Firenze. Such flights do not fly from Moscow, but from London, please: London - Abu Dhabi costs 600 thousand rubles as of May 30, 2017. Yes, and, of course, it's one way.
Who do we have left from English clubs? Liverpool and Arsenal. The Merseysiders are supported by Standard Chartered, one of England's oldest banks, whose pre-tax profit last year was $1.1 billion. Therefore, these guys can annually contribute 30 million pounds sterling to Liverpool's treasury.
Finally we got to the Arsenal and Emirates. The famous airline supports a huge number of football clubs, but the biggest chunk went to Londoners - £30 million annually.
Finally, we’ll finish with the English clubs - the moneybags - and move to Spain. Here, and in the rest of Europe, the sponsorship price tag is approximately two times lower than in Foggy Albion. Received the largest sponsorship contract Barcelona from Qatar Airways (35 million euros annually). By the way, Barcelona was famous for the fact that before collaborating with the Qataris, it never wrote any names of commercial companies on its T-shirts. If you close your eyes and imagine Ronaldinho in a Barça uniform, then everyone remembers the UNICEF logo, which has been on the Catalan T-shirts for more than 10 years. By the way, unlike all other clubs, Barcelona itself transferred funds to UNICEF in the amount of 1.5 million euros annually in order to have the right to wear uniforms with the emblem of an international organization. The Catalan leadership was criticized in the press for the change. But to justify Barça, we can say that they left the UNICEF logo and now if you remember Messi and el clasico, you will see the inscription:
Let's move on to the “beloved friends” of the Catalans - to Real Madrid. The Royal Club is sponsored by the airline Emirates and spends 30 million euros a year on creamy ones. Previously, for many years, the name of the bookmaker bwin and the German company Siemens appeared on the Galacticos T-shirts.
Bayern Munich receives from a German mobile operator Deutsche Telekom– 30 million euros per year. We can all imagine the big T on the red jerseys of the Bavarians.
Let's go to France, and here it will be waiting for us PSG and again Emirates with an annual contribution of 25 million euros per year. Quite interesting, considering that the owner of the Parisian club is the Qatari company Qatar Sports Investments, which was founded by no less than the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani himself. But the chairman of this fund and at the same time the president of PSG is Nasser Al Khelaifi, who is well known to all fans of the French team:
photo: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images Europe
And finally, at the end of our list - Italy and, of course, Juventus. Dybal has a huge inscription on his T-shirt Jeep, yes, the name of the legendary American car. It seemed like what should an American do in the vastness of Turin? So Jeep is part of the international concern Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Now let’s remember who owns Juventus? Of course, this is the famous Agnelli family and it is they who own the controlling stake in Fiat Chrysler, which annually transfers 17 million euros to show off on the young Argentine’s T-shirt:
So I finished the story about the largest shirt sponsors of world football in 2016. You can’t tell everything, for example, Roma does not have such a sponsor and there is no inscription of absolutely any company on Totti’s T-shirt. And our dear Gazprom is a sponsor not only of Zenit, which is natural, but also of the German club Schalke 04. But that’s a completely different story.
Vladimir Stognienko and Dmitry Navosha yesterday on Radio Sport proposed a very interesting thing - to discuss the sponsors of the Premier League teams.
So, let's begin.
"Zenith" - "Gazprom"
I think many people, even those not associated with football, know what sponsor the St. Petersburg club has. Gazprom is the largest and richest company in Russia. It is a gas production and gas distribution company, the largest company in Russia, and owns the longest gas transportation system (more than 160,000 km). It is also a global industry leader.
Zenit also has a sponsor - the tire company Cardiant, its logo is emblazoned on the back of the blue-white-blue T-shirts. Let's not forget about Gazpromneft, which is a subsidiary of Gazprom.
CSKA Bashneft
The Moscow Army Men, along with the Moscow Spartak, are private clubs owned by individuals. In the case of CSKA this is Evgeniy Giner. The sponsor of the red-blues from this year is the Russian vertically integrated oil company Bashneft. The company produces oil in Bashkiria, Tatarstan, and the Orenburg region from the fields of the Ural-Volga oil and gas province (over 160 fields in total), most of which are in the phase of declining production. The quality of the company's oil reserves is low: the fields are characterized by a high degree of depletion (about 85%), water cut (up to 90%) and high sulfur content (2% and above). The company also produces oil at four license areas in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
At the end of 2009, the company's proven reserves in the 1P category amounted to 1.3 billion barrels (177.4 million tons) of oil, and taking into account probable and possible reserves - 2.1 billion barrels (286.5 million tons). In my opinion, CSKA has a strong title sponsor-partner.
"Rubin" - "Taif"
TAIF Group of Companies is a large Russian holding that controls 96% of the chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas refining industries of Tatarstan.
The total number of personnel is over 40 thousand people. The company's revenue in 2007 according to IFRS amounted to 192.1 billion rubles. (including from activities in the field of chemistry, petrochemicals and gas processing 170 billion rubles), net profit 21.3 billion rubles.
The company's consolidated revenue for 2009, according to its own data, amounted to 257 billion rubles, profit 19 billion rubles.
It is with this sponsor that Rubin shows its best results in history.
"Rostov" - -
The Rostov football club does not have a title sponsor. Not counting, of course, the technical of the Belgian company Patrick. The region is actively helping the team and, I hope, it will not be left without money.
"Spartak-Nalchik" - "Sindika"
Not so long ago, Nalsk residents acquired their own sponsor - the Sindika construction company. By the way, there is a market for this company in Moscow. By and large, this is approximately the same if the sponsor of one of the teams was, say, the now non-existent Cherkizovsky market.
"Sindika-O" is the largest construction market in Moscow.
The area of the Sindika-O market is about 60,000 sq.m., the product range is represented by more than 50 thousand items of various goods - from simple nails to cement, dry mixes, plastic windows, wallpaper, bathroom equipment, metal mesh for the dacha, imported or domestic plumbing, all kinds of tools...
More than 1,500 companies offer their products at the Sindika-O market.
"Spartak" Moscow "Lukoil"
Oil company Lukoil is only the title sponsor of the red and white team. There is no need to confuse the concepts. The owner of the club is businessman and vice-president of Lukoil Leonid Fedun. He spends money on the team from his own pocket.
OJSC Oil Company Lukoil is the second company in Russia after Gazprom in terms of revenue (at the end of 2008, according to Expert magazine). Until 2007, it was the largest oil company in Russia in terms of production volume (Rosneft was ahead of it after purchasing the assets of YUKOS). In terms of the size of its proven hydrocarbon reserves, LUKoil is the world's second-largest private oil company after ExxonMobil.
The company's main activities include exploration and production of oil and natural gas, production and sale of petroleum products.
"Terek" - "ZATO-Bank"
The title sponsor of Terek is ZATO-Bank. CJSC "ZATO-Bank" was created in order to improve the financial and economic system of closed administrative-territorial formations of ZATO) on the territory of the Russian Federation in terms of banking services for accounts for the execution of local budgets, improving settlement and cash services for accounts of municipal institutions and organizations of ZATO, ensuring uninterrupted functioning enterprises on the territory of closed administrative towns and the effective use of their temporarily available funds.
Again, let's not forget that the bank is just the title sponsor of the team.
"Lokomotiv" - "Russian Railways"
Russian Railways is the owner of the Russian railway network infrastructure and one of the world's largest transport companies. JSC Russian Railways was created on September 18, 2003. The sole shareholder of the company is the Russian Federation. On its behalf, the powers of the shareholder are exercised by the Government of the Russian Federation. It appoints the president of the company, annually forms a board of directors and approves annual reports.
Recently, information began to appear that the president of the club, Olga Smorodskaya, decided to put the team on a private footing; businessman Mikhail Prokhorov even became interested in the club.
"Tom" - -
The Tomsk team does not have a title sponsor, but the club has many partners. Rosneft, Gazpromneft, Sibur, Transneft, IDGC and INTER RAOES. Almost all of these companies became sponsors of the team at the request of Vladimir Putin. No wonder there is a huge poster with the image of the Prime Minister at the Tomi home stadium.
"Dynamo" - VTB
OJSC VTB Bank Russian commercial bank. The second largest commercial bank in the country in terms of assets (after Sberbank) and in terms of authorized capital. In the list of the 1000 largest banks in the world by capital for 2008 by the British magazine The Banker, VTB took 70th place.
After signing the contract, VTB Bank became the owner of 74% of the club's shares, as well as the controlling shareholder of the Dynamo management company. The management company is implementing a large development project to develop the territory of Petrovsky Park, as well as reconstruct the Dynamo stadium in the north-west of Moscow. The club's shares were transferred to VTB to repay loans. The bank will also allocate more than $1.4 billion for the reconstruction of the stadium.
VTB Bank is not the first year in the football sponsorship market. Previously, this company was a partner of CSKA.
"Saturn" - "Promsvyazbank"
Promsvyazbank Russian commercial bank, open joint-stock company. It is one of the largest banks in Russia. In the ratings of The Banker magazine, Promsvyazbank ranks 426th in the list of the 1000 largest banks in the world and 15th among banks in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of equity capital 45 billion rubles.
It's no secret that the governor of the Moscow region, Boris Gromov, takes an active part in the life of the team, which does not prevent the team from having a title sponsor.
"Wings of the Soviets" - "Russian Technologies"
Vladimir Putin selected sponsors for the Samara club before the start of this season. VTB, Kuibyshevazot and Avtoradio are secondary partners of Samarans. The main partner of the team is the state corporation "Rostechnologies", created at the end of 2007, to assist in the development, production and export of high-tech industrial products for civil and military purposes. The corporation is created on the basis of a property contribution made by the Russian Federation. The parent company of the corporation is the state exporter of defense products, FSUE Rosoboronexport. As of the fall of 2009, Russian Technologies includes 439 enterprises in Russia.
"Sibir" - "Sibmost"
The Sibmost company is engaged in the design and construction of bridges. The life of the team is also influenced by the mayor's office of the city of Novosibirsk and the administration of the Novosibirsk region.
"Anji" - "Dagnefteprodukt"
The Makhachkala team does not have one main sponsor. The president of the club is Magomed-Sultan Magomedov, president of the oil company Dagnefteprodukt. The club is supported by the businessman’s personal funds and, of course, the region helps with funds.
"Alania" - -
Even on the Vladikavkaz team’s website there is no information about sponsors, which implies budget funding.
"Amkar" - -
There is no title sponsor. The full name of the team is “Perm Public Organization Football Club “Amkar””. Funded by Mineral Fertilizers, Sibur and local structures and budget funds.
P.S.: The concept of the title sponsor of a football club should not be confused with its owner.
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General sponsor of FC Lokomotiv
JSC Russian Railways
Open Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways" is one of the world's largest railway companies with huge volumes of freight and passenger transportation, high financial ratings, qualified specialists in all areas of railway transport, a large scientific and technical base, design and construction capacities, significant experience of international cooperation.
Official technical partner
Under Armor
Under Armor is an international brand of high-tech sportswear, footwear and accessories, one of the leading manufacturers of sports equipment in the world. 10 brand stores have already been opened in Russia.
The company's main priority is the continuous search for innovative technologies and materials to create equipment that would help athletes achieve better results.
In the football arena, the company cooperates with the clubs Southampton, Sao Paulo, Toluca, Cruz Azul, and FC Lokomotiv (Moscow).
OFFICIAL SUPPLIER FC "Lokomotiv"
PepsiCo Company
PepsiCo is Russia's largest manufacturer of food and beverages*. The company employs more than 20,000 employees in its offices and numerous manufacturing facilities. In 2011, the Wimm-Bill-Dann company, founded in 1992, which occupied a leading position in the market of dairy products and drinks in Russia and the CIS, joined the PepsiCo “family”.
Partner
Joint Stock Company "Federal Freight Company" (JSC "FGK")
Joint Stock Company "Federal Freight Company" is one of the largest freight railway operators in Russia. JSC FGC is one of the top three operators in the INFOLine RAIL RUSSIA TOP rating of operators.
The main activity of the Company is the provision of rolling stock for the transportation of goods, as well as the provision of freight forwarding services. The railcar fleet operated by FGC JSC includes 136 thousand units of rolling stock (as of 04/01/2018).
At the Russian Railways site there are 7 branches and 8 transport service agencies of FGC JSC, as well as representative offices in Moscow and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Company’s mission is a guaranteed and high-quality supply of rolling stock to shippers in the 1520 gauge area.
General Director, Chairman of the Board: Alexey Romenovich Taicher
Partner
Railways Logistics
The joint stock company "RZD Logistics" was created on November 19, 2010 as part of the development of the logistics business of the Russian Railways holding company. The company provides high-tech and reliable services for the transportation, storage and forwarding of cargo around the world, organizes supply chains, comprehensive logistics services for industrial enterprises, as well as transporting small consignments. RZD Logistics is represented in Russia by 33 branches and separate divisions, five subsidiaries and joint ventures abroad. The Company employs about 1,000 people within its perimeter.
Partner
JSC "NIIAS"
The Research and Design Institute of Information, Automation and Communications in Railway Transport (JSC NIIAS is a subsidiary of JSC Russian Railways) is a leading industry institute. Engaged in the development and implementation of intelligent control systems, traffic safety systems, geoinformation technologies, interval regulation, construction of the “Digital Railway”, transport and cyber security systems, geoinformation and satellite technologies.
Partner
PJSC TransContainer
PJSC TransContainer is a Russian intermodal container operator operating the largest fleet of containers and fitting platforms in Russia across the entire 1520 standard railway network. The Company has unique experience in effectively managing the fleet on more than 300,000 routes in Russia and abroad, as well as implementation of complex transport and logistics solutions “from door to door” allowing the delivery of container cargo to any destination in Russia, the CIS countries, Europe and Asia, using our own transport assets and/or with the involvement of partner companies.
Partner
Joint Stock Company "Wagon Repair Company-3"
Providing a full range of services in the field of repair of all types of freight cars, including innovative ones.
Providing maintenance services for freight cars.
Flexible pricing, meeting deadlines and high quality repairs while meeting all requirements to ensure traffic safety.
General Director I.A. Volokitin
129090, Moscow, per. Protopopovsky, 19, building 10.
+7 499 260 30-20
WWW.VRK-3.RU
Email: [email protected]
Partner
Joint Stock Company "Wagon Repair Company-2"
Joint Stock Company "Car Repair Company-2" is the largest car repair company, and currently rightfully occupies one of the leading positions among domestic companies of a similar profile.
The main direction of work of VRK-2 JSC is the provision of repair services in order to fulfill the main mission of the Company - providing railway freight transportation with fully operational rolling stock.
As a subsidiary of JSC Russian Railways, JSC VRK-2 meets the uniform high standards for ensuring train safety that apply within the entire Russian Railways holding company.
Partner
JSC UTLC ERA
JSC UTLC ERA is a leading operator of transit container cargo on 1520 mm gauge. It was created on April 2, 2018 through the reorganization of JSC UTLC and is its legal successor in terms of operating activities. JSC UTLC ERA is successfully developing the operation of regular container trains on the railway infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in the China-Europe-China corridor.
